1st Georgia Regiment Re-enactors

11/05/2024

Remember, remember 5th of November 

07/04/2024

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
In a remarkable historical coincidence, both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the second and third Presidents of the United States, respectively, died on July 4, 1826—the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Both men had played pivotal roles in the American Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States. Their deaths on such a symbolic date emphasize their lasting legacies in shaping the nation’s early political landscape and democratic foundations.

03/23/2024

today in history, March 23 1806 Lewis and Clark Depart on Final Leg of Their Journey
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark depart Fort Clatsop in present-day Oregon, concluding their legendary expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and establish a route to the Pacific Ocean. Their courageous journey, documented in the journals of the Corps of Discovery, remains a symbol of exploration and adventure in American history. It shaped the nation's understanding of its vast and diverse landscape for generations to come, laying the groundwork for westward expansion and cultural exchange.

07/24/2023

Joel’s doctors appointment didn’t go as planned. Joel‘s ankle on his right foot is turning in. There’s only one way to fix this issue and that is to break the foot realignment and do a bone graft from his hip to his leg. Joel will have to have this procedure within the next eight weeks. Please keep little man in your prayers.

11/25/2022

This speech from President Washington established a day of thanksgiving. Notice in it that he acknowledges the sins of the people and asks God to forgive them. This is the foundation upon which our nation was built. Let us turn a deaf ear to those who tell us otherwise. “Larry Toll”

"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks, for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation, for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war, for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed, for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and Us, and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best. Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789."

— George Washington

11/21/2022

The Difference Between Wood and Plains Bison, by Wes Olson.
Fantastic Artwork www.wesolson.ca/

08/08/2022

Something funny

Whitest Kids U' KnowSeason 1Episode 2Clip 5

08/07/2022

August 7, 1776 - Squire Maugridge Boone, Jr. (younger brother of Daniel) performed the marriage ceremony of Elizabeth Calloway and Samuel Henderson, the first couple to wed in settled Kentucky.

On July 14, Elizabeth and her sister F***y Calloway (daughters of Col. Richard Calloway) and Jemima Boone (daughter of Daniel Boone) were captured from their canoe on the Kentucky River by Shawnee Indians. Daniel Boone, Samuel Henderson, John Holder, Flanders Calloway and four other pioneers formed a search party to rescue the girls who ranged in age from 14 to 16. Their search was aided by Elizabeth who broke twigs off of bushes and tore small pieces of fabric from her dress and dropped them along the way, and impressed the print of her shoes where the ground would allow it. Ultimately the girls were rescued when the group surprised the Native Americans early one morning. Elizabeth and Samuel married on August 7 and the following May 29, their daughter, F***y (named for Elizabeth's sister), was the first non-Native American child born to parents who were married in Kentucky. F***y Calloway married John Holder and Jemima Boone married Flanders Calloway. The tale was used by author James Fenimore Cooper in his classic novel, "The Last of the Mohicans."

Squire Boone, Jr. briefly moved to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) and in 1780 founded “Squire Boone’s Station" the first settlement in Shelby County. Squire then moved on to Indiana, establishing a home near Mauckport in Harrison County, Indiana. While being chased by Indians about 1790, Squire jumped for a vine and landed in the mouth of an unknown cave in which he hid from his pursuers. He determined that the cave was holy ground and requested that he be buried in the cave in a walnut coffin he had hewn from native timber. His four sons followed his wishes and sealed the entrance of the cave. When Squire Boone Village and Caverns became a tourist attraction, Squire’s bones from the original disintegrated coffin were placed in a new coffin which is now part of the cave tour at the site.

The image is an 1852 painting by William Ranney, entitled,"Squire Boone Crossing the Mountains with Stores for his brother Daniel, Encamped in the Wilds of Kentucky."

07/25/2022

A republic if we can keep it

On the last day of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 Benjamin Franklin made a remark that we still quote today. But did he really say it? And who was the woman he said it to? A diary in the Manuscript Division holds the evidence.